Jersey, CM fall in MVC soccer play

Greg Shashack, gshashack@thetelegraph.com

Published
9:24 am CDT, Friday, October 5, 2018

Carlinville’s Gracie Reels passes out of serve receive between teammates Jordyn Houseman (right) and Adriann Welte (left) in a match earlier this season in Carlinville. The Cavs were on the road for a SCC match Thursday and lost a two-set decision at Staunton.

Carlinville’s Gracie Reels passes out of serve receive between teammates Jordyn Houseman (right) and Adriann Welte (left) in a match earlier this season in Carlinville. The Cavs were on the road for a SCC

Carlinville’s Gracie Reels passes out of serve receive between teammates Jordyn Houseman (right) and Adriann Welte (left) in a match earlier this season in Carlinville. The Cavs were on the road for a SCC match Thursday and lost a two-set decision at Staunton.

Carlinville’s Gracie Reels passes out of serve receive between teammates Jordyn Houseman (right) and Adriann Welte (left) in a match earlier this season in Carlinville. The Cavs were on the road for a SCC

A loss to Pana in their South Central Conference volleyball season opener left the Staunton Bulldogs needing help to win the league race.

That aid from elsewhere has yet to come, but the Bulldogs continued helping themselves Thursday night by defeating the Carlinville Cavaliers 25-20, 25-17 in Staunton. It was the fourth straight SCC win for the Dogs, who improve to 14-6-1 and 4-1 in the conference. Carlinville is 13-10 and 2-3 in the SCC.

The Bulldogs got eight kills from Gabbie Reising and six kills from Ashleigh Painter to lead the attack, while Sarah Isenberg had 14 assists, Taryn Russell served for three aces, Hollie Bekeske made 14 digs and Becca Caldieraro made 12 digs for Staunton.

Carlinville was led by Adriann Welte’s five kills and eight digs, while teammates Sarah DeNeve had 11 assists, Gracie Reels had three aces, and Jordyn Houseman made 12 digs.

Pana 2, Southwestern 0 – The Piasa Birds put up quite the fight, but the Panthers punched back to pull out a 29-27, 25-21 victory in Pana. The three-time defending SCC champion Panthers are 19-6 and moved to 5-0 in the league. Pana has won 31 of its last 32 SCC matches. Southwestern, which had its winning streak snapped at six matches in a row, is 13-5-2 and 3-2 in the SCC.

Greenville 2, Roxana 1 – The Shells had their seven-match winning streak halted when the Comets rallied on their own court to win 22-25, 25-21, 25-21 in Greenville. The Comets are 18-4 and kept pace with Pana by getting to 5-0 in the SCC. Roxana is 18-7 and 2-3 in the SCC.

Hillsboro 2, Gillespie 0 – The Hiltoppers picked up their first SCC victory by defeating the Miners 25-12, 25-19 in Gillespie. Hillsboro is 14-11 and 1-4 in the league. Gillespie is 0-19 and 0-5 in the SCC.

Sydney Bires and Lexie Bussmann both had four kills for the Miners, who got eight assists and nine digs from Madison Niemeyer, with Bussmann adding two aces and eight digs. Hillsboro’s Chloe Beck and Ally Devore had big serving nights with five aces apiece. Kaci Papin had six kills and Reagan DeVaisher had 10 assists for the Toppers.

Breese Mater Dei 2, Alton 0 – The host Knights rolled past the Redbirds 25-11, 25-12 on Fred Rakers Court in Breese. Mater Dei is 17-8. Alton, coming off a two-set win at Granite City on Tuesday, drops to 8-12 with five losses in its last six matches.

Metro-East Lutheran 2, Civic Memorial 0 – The Eagles’ slide continued with the Knights posting a 25-19, 25-22 sweep in Bethalto. CM has lost seven matches in succession to drop its record to 9-16-1.

MEL got four aces from Sami Kasting, seven kills from Anne Kienle and 14 assists from Sidney Vetter in a victory that pushed the Knights record to 11-14 against a schedule that has included 11 Class 3A/4A opponents.

Carrollton 2, Griggsville-Perry 0 – The Hawks won their third straight match by beating the Tornadoes 25-14, 25-18 in Griggsville. Carrollton is 7-11. G-P is 2-18.

BOYS SOCCER

Columbia 2, Alton 1 – A 1-0 halftime lead would not hold for the Redbirds in a loss to the host Eagles in Columbia. The Eagles rallied behind two goals from Cameron Eden to improve to 16-3-3. Alton falls to 7-5-4.

Triad 4, Jersey 0 – The Knights tallied two goals in each half and shut out the Panthers in a Mississippi Valley Conference match in Jerseyville. The Panthers dip to 11-9 and 2-7 in the MVC. Triad, which got a pair of goals from Joe Wade and four assists from Colton Clark, is 14-5-3 and 7-1 in the MVC.

Mascoutah 3, CM 0 – The Indians kept the Eagles winless in the MVC with the shutout at the Bethalto Sports Complex. CM is 9-14 and 0-9 in the league. Lane Hoelscher scored twice for Mascoutah, which evened its record at 11-11 and 4-4 in the Valley.

Metro East Lutheran 5, Staunton 0 – After 35 scoreless minutes, the Knights got a goal from Logan McDaniel to take a 1-0 halftime lead before pulling away in a victory over the Bulldogs in Edwardsville. Noah Landers scored three goals in the second half for MEL, which also got a goal from Erik Broekemeier.